Endocrinol Metab.  2019 Jun;34(2):213-214. 10.3803/EnM.2019.34.2.213.

Response: Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone Reference Ranges in the First Trimester of Pregnancy in an Iodine-Sufficient Country (Endocrinol Metab 2018;33:466–72, Carmen Castillo et al.)

• Mosso L

• KMID: 2450522
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3803/EnM.2019.34.2.213

Abstract

No abstract available.

MeSH Terms

Female
Humans
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Trimester, First*
Pregnancy*
Reference Values*
Thyrotropin*
Thyrotropin

Figure

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  Fig. 1 Distribution of iodine status (%) according to World Health Organization definition for total population in first trimester (A) pregnant general population and (B) pregnant hypothyroid patients (clinical and subclinical).

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